ZAKHAROVA: MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL COOPERATION WITH SERBIA EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

MOSCOW, OCTOBER 26 /SRNA – RIA Novosti/ – Russia expects mutually beneficial and equal Serbia - the Russian Federation cooperation to keep developing following the formation of a new government after the elections, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.

"We hope that, following the formation of a government after the elections, Serbia’s leadership will preserve the positive resources it has accumulated and keep practicing a policy of developing mutually beneficial and equal cooperation with Russia," Zakharova said in a statement.

Serbia’s Republic Electoral Commission earlier announced that the Student List had received 52.54 per cent of the votes in yesterday’s parliamentary elections, while the coalition heded by former Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić received 39.29 per cent.